Sustainability Consultant

**A little about us**:
At Edge, we’re a team of passionate, collaborative, experienced sustainability experts who partner with leading multi-national businesses across a wide range of industries to pursue the critical shared mission where unsustainable is unthinkable.

As an Edger you’ll have the chance to work with an amazing team of like-minded humans to generate a major positive influence on the world.

**The role and why you’ll love working with us**:
We have an exciting opportunity for a Consultant or Senior Consultant who is passionate, motivated, technically astute, and collaborative with a focus on Lifecycle Thinking.

The core responsibility of the role is to deliver high-quality sustainability project work for Clients across diverse and growing areas within our business while contributing to the fast-evolving Life Cycle Assessment team.

This role has the flexibility to work from Sydney, Melbourne, or Auckland noting we are also open to other locations within Australia and New Zealand.

**Key responsibilities of the role**:
In this role you will:

- Deliver clients solutions and recommendations of exceptional quality, based on the best and latest science, methods, tools, and approaches.
- Prepare high-quality, clear, compelling summaries, reports, and/or presentations of analyses, and support project teams in delivering results, insights, and recommendations to clients.
- Serve as the Project Manager on some projects and as a project team member on others.
- In the Project Manager role, will be responsible for planning and organising project approach and work plan; ensuring successful implementation and completion by the project team; leading coordination and interactions with the client; tracking and reporting on project progress; and ensuring successful project administration (invoicing, etc.)
- Conduct business development activities and develop strong proposals in line with clients’ needs
- Develop and mentor consultants to grow their technical expertise
- Maintain awareness and thorough understanding of the latest science, trends, and innovations in the area of circular economy and life cycle thinking and share Edge’s expertise and contributions to the field when appropriate.
- Identify new or additional sustainability needs of our clients, and collaborate with them to develop approaches and solutions to meet those needs.

**What will make you a great fit for this role**:
You will be client-focused, known for your positive attitude, have strong interpersonal skills, and be seen as a trusted advisor. You will be adaptable and able to balance priorities spanning delivery and business development.

To be successful in this role you will have:

- 1 - 3 years (Consultant) or 4 years+ (Senior Consultant) of demonstrated experience and working knowledge, technical expertise, and experience in LCA and EPD across a range of sectors (LCA practitioner certification is a clear differentiator)
- Strong practical experience in using SimaPro and knowledge of other LCA software (such as Gabi, and Open LCA)
- Experience and interest in database management and tool development programming.
- Excellent project management skills and experience, ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent report writing, analytical skills (including Microsoft Excel expertise), and attention to detail.
- Good verbal and communication skills, with experience in stakeholder engagement
- Contribute to service delivery in sustainability strategy, circular economy, waste, and resource recovery.
- Experience in climate active certification will be well regarded

Our Talent Acquisition Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Edge Environment is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

**Thriving at Edge**:
To thrive at Edge, you will:

- Be known for your positive attitude, and strong personal skills, and see yourself as a potential trusted advisor to colleagues and clients
- Pride yourself on your strong verbal and written communications, including the facilitation of workshops with clients and key stakeholders
- Have a point of view on sustainability including key trends, best practices and challenges, and opportunities for change
- Be able to navigate complex client challenges (even if you don’t know the answer) and work with a team and project partners to success.

**Why Edge**:
At Edge, we offer:

- A purpose-driven and impact-focused organisation
- Flexibility, technology, and the trust needed to make a meaningful impact
- Ongoing investment in your training and development
- Opportunity to participate in our profit share bonus scheme
- Opportunity to enjoy 5 weeks of annual leave every year
- Opportunity to work for a certified B Corp that lives our values.

At Edge, we believe the best solutions come from bringing together the best minds and a broad range of perspectives. These diverse minds and pers